Manfred Seah
Chief Financial Officer
Manfred joined SATS as Chief Financial Officer in September 2017. He oversees the Group's global finance operations, which include strategic financial management; group treasury, cash management and insurance; strategic investment monitoring; investor relations; group procurement; and property management. Manfred played a crucial role in raising funds for the Group’s acquisition of WFS, restructuring the Group’s debt to reduce the overall cost of financing, and seamlessly integrating WFS into the SATS Group.
Manfred has over 25 years of investment banking, direct investments and financial management experience. He has held senior leadership roles in corporate finance and investment management, and has conducted corporate advisory, mergers and acquisitions activities in Asia.
Before joining SATS, Manfred was the Group Chief Financial Officer of SMRT Corporation Ltd, where he was primarily responsible for driving transformational changes to the business and financing structure of the Group. At SMRT, Manfred led a special task force that developed and facilitated the transition of SMRT Trains Limited to the new rail financing framework, and eventually managed the subsequent privatisation of SMRT Corporation Ltd by Temasek Holdings in 2016.
Manfred sits on numerous boards of SATS subsidiaries and associate companies. Manfred graduated with BSc. (First Class) in Mathematics from Queen Mary College, University of London and MBA from London Business School. He also qualified as a Chartered Accountant from ICAEW in the UK, and has been conferred an Advanced Diploma in Corporate Finance (CF) and Fellow (FCA) from ICAEW, and FCPA from CPA Australia.